The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
From Jean de la Bruyere
He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
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